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Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
1,575 Points
Posted by Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
1,575 Points

I design basic websites in Dreamweaver but I want to build responsive or mobile websites so they look good on phones

I design basic websites in Dreamweaver but I want to build responsive or mobile websites so they look good on phones and tablets.

how can I implement or make changes to my Dreamweaver sites so they work better on mobiles

and/or

so I have to design a completely new site for mobiles/tablets?

how?

thanks for any help

3 Answers

Joseph Wachira
Joseph Wachira
17,972 Points
Joseph Wachira
Joseph Wachira
17,972 Points

Hi Shaun Chrisp,

I checked your profile and saw that you are trying to learn as much as you can about websites. Well, with Treehouse you can learn much more and better stuff [than dreamweaver ;) ].

Since you understand basic code, here's what I'd recommend:

  1. Give yourself a week or two.

  2. Ditch dreamweaver and pick up another light code editor - I recommend Sublime Text (it's what the teachers are using in these courses).

  3. Start with How to Make a Website course.

    This course is meant for people who have never built a website before and have no coding or design experience. Although you have some coding experience, I'd still recommend you take the course. It will walk you through building a simple responsive website and how to share it live on the web

  4. Take the Build a Responsive Website course.

    This course will introduce you to the basics of responsive design as well as teach you how to build a responsive website. Here's the website you will be building: Smells Like Bakin' cupcake company website.

  5. Take the Framework Basics course.

    By now you'll have gathered enough knowledge to completely ditch dreamweaver or even be able to build better websites with it (...ok that is if you insist on using it). You should be asking yourself why you are using dreamweaver in the first place. My guess would be it's because you have no idea where or how to start. Well, the good news is, you can always use a frontend framework to kickstart your website design.

    In this course, you'll learn how to build a website using two of the most widely used Frameworks in the industry: Bootstrap and Foundation (I love Foundation btw).

You should also consider taking the Web Design and Front End Web Development tracks. They'll provide a guided path with a list of courses to work through.

Anyway, I hope you find this information useful. If you have more questions you can always ask here.

Happy coding,

Joseph

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Now that is what a call a quality answer :guitar:

Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
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Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
1,575 Points

Amazing, thank you Joseph

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Hey,

You could do this in dreamweaver. You have to learn html/css. You can also do this in an other tool, but dreamweaver is fine!

You have 3 tabs,

one is code, one other is wysiwyg and you got a combination of both. If you learn to make your website in code you could use dreamweaver for responsive sites!

Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
1,575 Points
Shaun Chrisp
Shaun Chrisp
1,575 Points

I understand basic code but I mainly design my websites from the designer tab.

where could I learn how to develop a mobile safe website/ mobile website/ and a responsive web design within treehouse?

thanks Rob